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Red vs white, You hold:
S: 987XX
H: A98X
D: KXX
C: X
Pd opened 1D, RHO came in with 3C. DO you compete?
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compete or not
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Posted 2006-September-19, 05:51
gung ho - double
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Posted 2006-September-19, 05:58
Clear Double imo
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Posted 2006-September-19, 06:26
I make a lite neg dbl. I want more strength for a 3-level neg dbl, but since I am short in clubs, I stretch a little. Switch my clubs and diam and I pass.
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Posted 2006-September-19, 07:24
Free, on Sep 19 2006, 12:58 PM, said:
Clear Double imo
Yes, ♦K and ♥A = very good cards and associated with ♣ shortness, it makes a clear Dbl imho.
If you pass, don't you have the feeling that you don't have bid your hand ?
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Posted 2006-September-19, 09:28
Yes, double.
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Posted 2006-September-19, 09:33
You have 10 support points for the two unbid suits, so I'll make a neg double.
If my 7 hcp was quacky, I'd pass here.
If my 7 hcp was quacky, I'd pass here.
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Posted 2006-September-19, 11:58
This is a very tough problem.
To make a negative double at the 3 level, I look at my hand and determine if I would make a limit raise opposite pard's (presumed) major. I probably would with this hand if I catch a spade fit, but not if pard's suit is hearts.
What happens all too often is that LHO raises clubs and pard bids 4 major with any hand with a 4 card major (wouldn't you)? Frequently, pard has a weak NT - something like: KJx, Axxx, Axxx, xx.
So I pass.
To make a negative double at the 3 level, I look at my hand and determine if I would make a limit raise opposite pard's (presumed) major. I probably would with this hand if I catch a spade fit, but not if pard's suit is hearts.
What happens all too often is that LHO raises clubs and pard bids 4 major with any hand with a 4 card major (wouldn't you)? Frequently, pard has a weak NT - something like: KJx, Axxx, Axxx, xx.
So I pass.
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Posted 2006-September-19, 12:00
It's not a certainty LHO will bid 4♣... And even if he does, there's still the chance pard's 4M bid to have extras. I think passing is too pessimistic, so I dbl.
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Posted 2006-September-19, 12:33
whereagles, on Sep 19 2006, 01:00 PM, said:
It's not a certainty LHO will bid 4♣... And even if he does, there's still the chance pard's 4M bid to have extras. I think passing is too pessimistic, so I dbl.
And sometime the opps make a horrible 5♣ sac over your 4M even when it has little chance to make.
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